Saffron Revolution

The Saffron Revolution was a series of large protests and demonstrations against the Burmese military government which occurred from 15 August 2007 to September 2008. The State Peace and Development Council military junta removed subsidies on the price of fuel, causing diesel and oil prices to increase by up to 100% and 500% for natural gas for buses. Students, political activists, and Buddhist monks launched a nonviolent resistance campaign against Than Shwe's military regime, only for the military to kill Buddhist monks, beat several young men as young as 12 before forcing them into the army, massacre foreign journalists, and rape several arrested women. The Burmese government suppressed the revolution before continuing with its bloody campaign against the Karen people to seize the vital resources on their lands.